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Methodists -- Biography

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chester F. Brenton, "The Life and Times of Henry Brenton: Minister of the Gospel" manuscript

 Collection — Folder S2557
Identifier: S2557
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten copy of Chester F. Brenton's manuscript, "The Life and Times of Henry Brenton: Minister of the Gospel" dated January 1, 1977. It is the second volume in his Brenton family series and includes family history and information about the early years of Kentucky and Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana.
Dates: 1977/01/01
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Chester F. Brenton, "The Life and Times of Henry Brenton: Minister of the Gospel" manuscript

George Knight Hester collection

 Collection — Folder S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents This collection includes three items related to George Knight Hester and the Hester family: a partial letter dated November 14 from Saguanche, Colorado with a typed transcript; a typed transcription of a personal narrative titled "Diary of Rev. George Knight Hester" (1851); and typed transcripts of papers relating to the Hester family compiled by the Indiana State Library in 1926.
Dates: 1851-1890, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Knight Hester collection

Joseph Tarkington clippings

 Collection — Folder S0838
Identifier: S0838
Scope and Contents This collection includes three clippings of the newspaper column, "A Hoosier Listening Post," written by Kate Milner Rabb. The 1931 columns ran in the Indianapolis Star on September 22, 23 and 25. Each column quotes from the papers of Joseph Tarkington and discusses items of interest, including a scholarship founded by Tarkington at Indiana Asbury University; an October 4, 1864 certificate stating that Mrs. Tarkington had contributed to the Indiana State Sanitary Fair for the relief of sick and...
Dates: 1931/09
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Joseph Tarkington clippings

North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church collection

 Collection — Folder S2280
Identifier: S2280
Scope and Contents This collection contains “A History of the North Indiana Conference, Formerly ‘The Wabash Conference’”, written and submitted by conference secretary Alex H. Widney of Rensselaer, Indiana in 1868. The handwritten history was compiled by Widney from “Authentic Papers” and includes a geographical sketch of the North Indiana Conference, historical sketches of the conference sessions from September 1846 to August 1867, a biography of Rev. Samuel W. Widney, a biography of Rev. Thomas Wheat, and an...
Dates: 1857- circa 1918, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church collection

Sarah Bovard papers

 Collection — Folder S146
Identifier: S0146
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed diary from Sarah Bovard in Indiana ranging from 1859 to 1871 and a typed copy of "The Bovards of California and U.S.A." and "Six Biographic Sketches" by Reverend John Gabrielson of California, undated.
Dates: 1859-1871
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Sarah Bovard papers

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